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Afghan Gov’t plans to Reduce Level of Security Challenges
The Chief Executive of the National Unity Government of Afghanistan said on Monday that a new security plan is underway to avoid civilian causalities, stabilize educational institutions and prevent kidnapping incidents.
“The minister of interior and deputy minister of defense should answer about martyr of our thirty citizens in Ghor province of Afghanistan and meanwhile they should also report about the dead of eight border soldiers,” CE Abdullah Abdullah said at the regular meeting of the council of ministers.
Only five days ago at least 30 civilians were killed by the anti-government militants in Firozkoh district of Ghor province in central Afghanistan.
Government officials said the killings were carried out by a former Taliban unit who had defected from that insurgent group and declared allegiance to the Islamic State. In a separate incident at least eight police officers were killed when militants attacked an outpost in Mohmand Dara district, located near the border with Pakistan, in the eastern province of Nangarhar.
Beside the Afghan security forces, the ongoing war in Afghanistan has affected civilians, governmental and non-governmental institutions including the schools and hospitals.
“People are worried about the kidnappings, schools are closed. All these issues must be prevented and there is a new plan underway,” Abdullah added in his remarks.
Politicians in the country say, the main reason behind insecurities and increased problems are the tensions between the government leaders and their incompetency.
Taliban militants have increased their attacks across the country especially in the southern and northern provinces and the issue of kidnapping have grown in many parts of the country.
Reported by: Ali Asghari
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Roof collapse kills two in Helmand
Two people were killed after roof of their house collapsed in southern Helmand province on Friday night, officials said.
Abdul Bari Rashid, head of information and culture in Helmand, told Ariana News that the incident occurred in Tajkan village of Gershak district due to heavy rain.
According to him, the dead include a woman and a child. A man was injured in the incident.
This comes as 10 people have died and six others have been injured as a result of the floods in Helmand province in the last one week.
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IEA urges World Bank to resume work on 7,000 incomplete projects
Officials at the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) say 7,000 incomplete projects of the World Bank are at risk of destruction in Afghanistan. They call on the World Bank to resume the work of these projects.
According to them, discussions have been held with the World Bank about these projects, but there has been no result yet.
“7,000 incomplete projects are being destroyed, and if the work is not started, these projects will be destroyed. We ask the World Bank to resume the work of these projects as soon as possible,” said Noorul Hadi Adel, the spokesperson of MRRD.
Meanwhile, members of the private sector also ask international institutions to resume their work in Afghanistan.
According to the officials of this sector, with the start of these projects, job opportunities will be provided for thousands of people in the country.
“These projects create employment for our people and the country will grow a lot,” said Mirwais Hajizadeh, a member of the private sector.
However, economic experts stated if the work of these projects does not start soon, they will be destroyed and the investments made in them will be wasted.
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Ten people killed by floods in Helmand
Ten people have been killed and six others injured by floods in Helmand province in the past week, local officials said on Friday.
According to officials, seven of those were members of the same family, and they were killed in Kajaki district last night.
“Most of the people moved from vulnerable areas to high lands and mountains, and thanks Allah the number of casualties is low,” Sher Mohammad Vahdat, the head of information of the Directorate of Information and Culture in Helmand, said adding rescue teams and security forces have been dispatched to help people.
It is said that the telecommunication system has also been disrupted due to the effect of floods in Kajaki district. Floods have also destroyed thousands of acres of agricultural land.
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